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Comparison of the cortisol suppression index and the DST within major depressive disorder
H A Whiteford1, C A Peabody, P A Berger
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, California.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
|November 1, 1987
Abstract:
The authors compared the Cortisol Suppression Index (CSI) and raw postdexamethasone cortisol values for their usefulness in detecting endogeneity and severity in major depressive disorder (MDD). The 8 AM postdexamethasone cortisol provided the best correlation with both endogeneity and severity. The CSI does not appear to be a satisfactory alternative to the current DST for this purpose.